Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology

This book discusses heat transfer in underground energy systems.

This book focuses on crystalline silicon solar cell science and technology.

The internal heat of the planet Earth represents an inexhaustible reservoir of thermal energy known as Geothermal Energy.

This book includes the most recent outcomes from research and professional practice in the ventilative cooling field, gathered by the selected panel of authors.

This book examines ways of saving energy by using green roofs and facades, solar devices such as building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), and thermal solar panels, as components of energy-efficient building envelopes.

This book indicates the most optimal solutions for the growing civilization problem related to climate change that takes place more and more rapidly on our planet.

Less than a decade ago, lead halide perovskite semiconductors caused a sensation: Solar cells exhibiting astonishingly high levels of efficiency.

This book is a reality check of where energy will come from in the future.

This book is a concise reader-friendly introductory guide to understanding renewable energy technologies.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the fundamental concept, design, working protocols, and diverse photo-chemicals aspects of different solar cell systems with promising prospects, using computational and experimental techniques.

What is project finance?

This book addresses the main challenges in implementing the concepts that aim to replace the regular fossil-fuels based energy pattern with the novel energy pattern relying on renewable energy.

This book brings together real-world accounts of using voltage stability assessment (VSA) and transient stability assessment (TSA) tools for grid management.

This book provides an innovative, realistic and reliable solution to the common problem of Indian water and energy sector due to the onset of the Impact of Climate Change and Large-Scale Urbanization.

This book addresses the underexposed political dimensions of bioeconomy promotion.

This book looks at the challenge of providing reliable and cost-effective power solutions to expanding communications networks in remote and rural areas where grid electricity is limited or not available.

This book provides in-depth coverage on the latest concepts, systems, and technologies that are being utilized in biorefineries for the production of biofuels and value-added commodities.

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Clean and sustainable energy is of paramount importance for industrial activities, economic development, environment, and welfare of civilians.

This book is part of a two-volume work that offers a unique blend of information on realistic evaluations of catalyst-based synthesis processes using green chemistry principles and the environmental sustainability applications of such processes for biomass conversion, refining, and petrochemical production.

This book is part of a two-volume work that offers a unique blend of information on realistic evaluations of catalyst-based synthesis processes using green chemistry principles and the environmental sustainability applications of such processes for biomass conversion, refining, and petrochemical production.

This volume presents a timely recognition, warning and mapping of the fast approaching wave, or "e;bio-tsunami"e;, of global socio-technical transformation, built by a much wider spectrum of converging powers, including biotechnology, new agriculture, novel foods, health, quality of life, environment, energy, sustainability, education, knowledge management, and design of smart applications.

Evaluating building materials for environmental sustainability is a complex prospect.

This book provides a comprehensive, systematic overview of original theoretical, experimental, and numerical studies in the building services engineering domain.

This book includes the proceedings of the Sustaining Tomorrow 2020 symposium and summit which bring together research from experts in academia, industry, and policy arenas to uncover the challenges and to forge solutions to sustain tomorrow.

Fuzzy logic has vast applications in power and electrical engineering.

This edited book analyses and discusses the current issues of integration of wind energy systems in the power systems.

This book presents theoretical, technical, and practical information on the modernization of future energy networks.

This book presents a detailed description, analysis, comparison of the latest research and developments in photovoltaic energy.

This textbook provides broad coverage of energy supply and use.

This book describes different control strategies adapted to heat pumps, at the purpose of increasing energy flexibility in buildings.

This book deals with issues and concerns for the human environment in the developing countries incorporating natural processes and systems, pollution removal technology, energy conservation, environmental impact assessment process, economics, culture, political structure and societal equity from a management point of view.

This book is a selected collection of 54 peer-reviewed original scientific research papers of the 5th International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development (GTSD2020) organised in Vietnam in 2020.

In this volume, the contributors discuss some of the most remarkable global warming effects in Argentina and examine policies that Latin American countries could follow to achieve their individual climate goals.

This book provides a collection of recent research works, related to structural stability and durability, service life, reinforced concrete structures, recycled materials, and sustainability with endogenic materials.

This monograph discusses the various biomass feedstocks currently available for biofuels production, and mechanical preprocessing technologies to reduce the feedstock variability for biofuels applications.

This book is a concise introductory guide to understanding the foundations of electrochemistry.

This book opens with a brief introduction to renewable energy and the advantages of solar energy systems, an overview of concentrated solar power (CSP) system technologies and modeling, and the application of artificial neural network (ANN) technologies in various solar field systems.

With the widespread adoption of photovoltaic (PV) systems across the world, many researchers, industry players, and regulators have been exploring the use of reactive power from PV to support the grid.

This book discusses the optimal design and operation of multi-carrier energy systems, providing a comprehensive review of existing systems as well as proposing new models.

This book provides an insight into the complexities of weaning Nigeria from its fossil fuels addiction while growing the economy on low carbon trajectory.

This reference book provides a detailed discussion on the protection challenges that arise due to technological improvements in transmission and distribution systems to supply increasing power demand.

This book gathers together innovative research and practical findings relating to urban mobility transformation.

This book provides a comprehensive overview on the latest developments in the control, operation, and protection of microgrids.

This book reports on cutting-edge research and technical achievements in the field of hydraulic drives.

This book explores the bioclimatic approach to building design.

This book focuses on carbon dioxide and its global role in our everyday life.

This book amalgamates the facts on carbon dioxide capture from ethanol fermentation of sugarcane molasses and its impact on climate changes.

This groundbreaking book aims to show that technology currently exists to build and operate large autonomous sailing ships equipped with hydrokinetic turbines and electrolysers that could operate in high-wind ocean areas.

This book provides a thorough understanding of the basic principles, synthesis, analysis, and control of virtual inertia systems.